Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks

  • 10h 23m
  • Adnan Darwiche
  • Cambridge University Press
  • 2009

This book provides a thorough introduction to the formal foundations and practical applications of Bayesian networks. It provides an extensive discussion of techniques for building Bayesian networks that model real-world situations, including techniques for synthesizing models from design, learning models from data, and debugging models using sensitivity analysis.

About the Author

Adnan Darwiche is a Professor and Chairman of the Computer Science Department at UCLA. He is also the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) and a AAAI Fellow.

In this Book

  • Modeling and Reasoning with Bayesian Networks
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Propositional Logic
  • Probability Calculus
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Building Bayesian Networks
  • Inference by Variable Elimination
  • Inference by Factor Elimination
  • Inference by Conditioning
  • Models for Graph Decomposition
  • Most Likely Instantiations
  • The Complexity of Probabilistic Inference
  • Compiling Bayesian Networks
  • Inference with Local Structure
  • Approximate Inference by Belief Propagation
  • Approximate Inference by Stochastic Sampling
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Learning: The Maximum Likelihood Approach
  • Learning: The Bayesian Approach
  • Bibliography
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